I started again today (after almost a year away) this is my third try at JUDDD, first time was extreamly sucessful (20 lbs lost in 2 months!), second try was only 1 week (unmotivated). We'll see how this time goes but I have a good feeling! Today is my first UD, but I probably should have made it a DD as I'm not terribly hungry at all...gonna have pizza tonight to make sure I get the calories in. I know it's technically not September but I figure it's close enough.

I'm newbie-ish after a month on still mans. I loved the quick weight loss and being able to control my cravings, but after a week of no losses I knew it was time to switch as my body was accustomed to a low calorie level. Today was an up day and I think I was close to 1850 but I feel so stuffed! Tomorrow should be a good down day as I'm used to eating few calories. I know I'll see a bounce, but that's ok. I'm sort of expecting it!

Welcome Newbies! September is a good time to start JUDDD - you will be firmly planted in eod (every other day) UD and DD by the holidays. I have been enjoying JUDDD and very satisfied with my progress. I look forward to seeing yours.

I started 8/19 at 171 lbs. I weighed 171 this morning. I seem to be doing a good job of maintaining. I started low carb (20-30g per day) at the end of May. Simply could not face another low carb day. I did low carb then JUDDD from Sept 2011 until March 2012. Did well with it. Then life happened and I reverted back to old, bad habits. We moved, husband became ill, he died and then this January I had major back surgery. Life seems to have settled some and I am again trying to get my weight in control.

I am doing well with dd but had a major problem with an ud yesterday. Had a full blown binge. Had never really thought of myself as having that problem. Am doing the potato hack today. So far, so good.

I started 8/19 at 171 lbs. I weighed 171 this morning. I seem to be doing a good job of maintaining. I started low carb (20-30g per day) at the end of May. Simply could not face another low carb day. I did low carb then JUDDD from Sept 2011 until March 2012. Did well with it. Then life happened and I reverted back to old, bad habits. We moved, husband became ill, he died and then this January I had major back surgery. Life seems to have settled some and I am again trying to get my weight in control.

I am doing well with dd but had a major problem with an ud yesterday. Had a full blown binge. Had never really thought of myself as having that problem. Am doing the potato hack today. So far, so good.

Juanice

Juanice and I agree with Dawn. Huge kudos on taking care of yourself. Give JUDDD a bit of time. I'm sure if your UDs and DDs are where they should be you will see pounds and inches disappear!

Today is day 10 for me. As of this morning, I am down about 4 lbs. (kind of odd considering that I was down 5 lbs. as of day 5....is that normal? ). I've been weighing myself every day, and the general pattern has been for me to be up around 1-2 lbs. after an up day, and then back down a little more than that after a down day. Does that seem right? Today was the first day that I was only up about a quarter pound after an up day. I'm not counting (for the moment) on up days, but trying to eat "normally", and I'm sticking to 500 cals. on the down days.

I have been doing my usual exercise (walk at home DVDs, usually 3-4 miles each time) on up days, but haven't done more than a mile with the dog (much slower and easier than the DVDs) on down days. I'm a little afraid to do more right now, although I have seen that a lot of you do exercise on down days.

I have a little dilemma coming up and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Tomorrow is an up day, and that's just as well because the school where I work is taking all of us teachers out to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Lunch is the big meal of the day here, and I know from past experience that they always put on a real feast. That's fine...except I also have a lunch commitment on Friday, with a friend visiting from the US, so I can't really do the down day that should follow tomorrow's up day. How would you all handle this situation? Do I just do two up days in a row and then get back on schedule after that?

If you see I'm doing something "wrong" or if you have any advice, I'm sure appreciate your feedback! TIA!

Today is day 10 for me. As of this morning, I am down about 4 lbs. (kind of odd considering that I was down 5 lbs. as of day 5....is that normal? ). I've been weighing myself every day, and the general pattern has been for me to be up around 1-2 lbs. after an up day, and then back down a little more than that after a down day. Does that seem right? Today was the first day that I was only up about a quarter pound after an up day. I'm not counting (for the moment) on up days, but trying to eat "normally", and I'm sticking to 500 cals. on the down days.

If you see I'm doing something "wrong" or if you have any advice, I'm sure appreciate your feedback! TIA!

Today is day 10 for me. As of this morning, I am down about 4 lbs. (kind of odd considering that I was down 5 lbs. as of day 5....is that normal? ). I've been weighing myself every day, and the general pattern has been for me to be up around 1-2 lbs. after an up day, and then back down a little more than that after a down day. Does that seem right? Today was the first day that I was only up about a quarter pound after an up day. I'm not counting (for the moment) on up days, but trying to eat "normally", and I'm sticking to 500 cals. on the down days.

I have been doing my usual exercise (walk at home DVDs, usually 3-4 miles each time) on up days, but haven't done more than a mile with the dog (much slower and easier than the DVDs) on down days. I'm a little afraid to do more right now, although I have seen that a lot of you do exercise on down days.

I have a little dilemma coming up and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Tomorrow is an up day, and that's just as well because the school where I work is taking all of us teachers out to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Lunch is the big meal of the day here, and I know from past experience that they always put on a real feast. That's fine...except I also have a lunch commitment on Friday, with a friend visiting from the US, so I can't really do the down day that should follow tomorrow's up day. How would you all handle this situation? Do I just do two up days in a row and then get back on schedule after that?

If you see I'm doing something "wrong" or if you have any advice, I'm sure appreciate your feedback! TIA!

You're doing just fine. Bounces are normal with JUDDD and weight loss is not linear. You'll see over time that the trend is downward, even with the bouncing up and down.

Regarding your Friday lunch commitment, you can do one of several things. You could have two UDs in a row. That shouldn't really derail your progress, but might slow it down a bit. If you want to keep to your rotations, you could just eat the one meal on Friday and try to choose something fairly low calorie. Many of us fast all day to be able to attend an event on a DD and do just fine. The other option is to make today a MD and just eat light other than your lunch, and have tomorrow be an UD, then proceed with rotations from there. JUDDD is so flexible.

You're doing great luisafernanda! The bounce is totally normal. You'll get used to it, although it feels strange at first, for sure. Think of a ball bouncing down the stairs. It goes up and down, up and down, but overall the trend is down. That visual really helped me a lot in the beginning.

I agree with Dawn about your upcoming lunches. I would tend to do 2 UDs in a row and then hop right back on with a good DD. But you will figure out what works best for you. Whatever you do, enjoy both outings!

Today is day 10 for me. As of this morning, I am down about 4 lbs. (kind of odd considering that I was down 5 lbs. as of day 5....is that normal? ). I've been weighing myself every day, and the general pattern has been for me to be up around 1-2 lbs. after an up day, and then back down a little more than that after a down day. Does that seem right? Today was the first day that I was only up about a quarter pound after an up day. I'm not counting (for the moment) on up days, but trying to eat "normally", and I'm sticking to 500 cals. on the down days.

I have been doing my usual exercise (walk at home DVDs, usually 3-4 miles each time) on up days, but haven't done more than a mile with the dog (much slower and easier than the DVDs) on down days. I'm a little afraid to do more right now, although I have seen that a lot of you do exercise on down days.

I have a little dilemma coming up and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Tomorrow is an up day, and that's just as well because the school where I work is taking all of us teachers out to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Lunch is the big meal of the day here, and I know from past experience that they always put on a real feast. That's fine...except I also have a lunch commitment on Friday, with a friend visiting from the US, so I can't really do the down day that should follow tomorrow's up day. How would you all handle this situation? Do I just do two up days in a row and then get back on schedule after that?

If you see I'm doing something "wrong" or if you have any advice, I'm sure appreciate your feedback! TIA!

You are doing great. You will also get use to the bounce, but it takes some time. If you chose to do a MD it is equal to 60% on Dr. Johnson's calculator. If 2 UDs is easier just jump back into rotations after those 2 days. Juddd is forgiving overall.

Today is day 10 for me. As of this morning, I am down about 4 lbs. (kind of odd considering that I was down 5 lbs. as of day 5....is that normal? ). I've been weighing myself every day, and the general pattern has been for me to be up around 1-2 lbs. after an up day, and then back down a little more than that after a down day. Does that seem right? Today was the first day that I was only up about a quarter pound after an up day. I'm not counting (for the moment) on up days, but trying to eat "normally", and I'm sticking to 500 cals. on the down days.

I have been doing my usual exercise (walk at home DVDs, usually 3-4 miles each time) on up days, but haven't done more than a mile with the dog (much slower and easier than the DVDs) on down days. I'm a little afraid to do more right now, although I have seen that a lot of you do exercise on down days.

I have a little dilemma coming up and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Tomorrow is an up day, and that's just as well because the school where I work is taking all of us teachers out to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Lunch is the big meal of the day here, and I know from past experience that they always put on a real feast. That's fine...except I also have a lunch commitment on Friday, with a friend visiting from the US, so I can't really do the down day that should follow tomorrow's up day. How would you all handle this situation? Do I just do two up days in a row and then get back on schedule after that?

If you see I'm doing something "wrong" or if you have any advice, I'm sure appreciate your feedback! TIA!

Luisa - go ahead and exercise on down days! Over time, you might find that you just have a ton of energy all the time, and perhaps especially on DD's. Why not put it to good use? I like eating a bit more to compensate for the calorie burn on DD's. I'm trying to stick to about 1/3 or so of the calories burned as extra calories eaten. But would be totally ok with eating all of them if I was really hungry. So far I haven't but you never know.

I think moderate days are handy to use as well, so consider going that route for your social commitments. Usually it's pretty easy to fit something in that's <1000 cal in a single meal.

Thank you, everyone, for your welcomes, feedback and suggestions. Carly, I found the bounce thread really interesting, so thanks for the link.

I had breakfast this morning (UD after my DD yesterday) and then the big lunch (which maybe wasn't quite as bad as I feared it might be, although it was bad enough). We eat lunch late here, between 2 and 3 p.m. usually, and it's now almost 10 p.m. and I'm not hungry, so that's it for me for the day. My plan for tomorrow is to skip breakfast and do my exercise (since I couldn't get myself out of bed early this morning to do it...we just went back to work on Monday and I am still not used to the schedule) and then just have lunch as my one meal of the day (it will be fairly substantial), then back to a DD on Saturday.